Michael Earp

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A rather gay book nerd | Writer | Kids/YA Bookseller | Tori Amos fanatic | Rep'd by Linda Epstein

(they/them)

Websitewww.michaelearp.net
LocatedNaarm
Cheese?Yes, please.

Look who's back, baby!
👀🥳

I've been off the socials for nearly 3 months, and it's been super beneficial. I wrote a blogpost about it. https://michaelearp.net/time-away-time-within/

But I've got some exciting things brewing and the most important is that I'll be revealing the cover for 'Everything Under the Moon: Fairy tales in a queerer light' in my newsletter in June! So now is the time to sign up for that!

I only email once a month, you get a short story sent to you for signing up and I'm writing a serial micro-fiction you can keep up to date with.

Link here:
http://eepurl.com/g3VW5T

I'm looking forward to seeing what you've all been up to and joining in the community again. Say hi. Let me know how you been.

Time away, time within · Michael Earp

Nearly three months ago I decided to delete my social media apps for a bit of time away... [a blogpost on my time away]

Michael Earp

Sometimes, all you need is a little pat on the back.

So, thanks, I guess, Google Docs.

#AmWriting #GrantApplication

all. & within.

Last year, when travelling the US, my self esteem, self worth, and general foundation took an enormous nosedive. When I was at my lowest, I found myself listening to Björk's 'All Is Full Of Love', a song I've always adored. But it had waited for that moment to reveal itself fully.

"Maybe not from the directions you are staring at"

It occurred to me that I need to trust the love for myself that comes from within, something I've never been good at. After all, if ALL is full of love, then so am I. And while it pours out of me to others, it literally has to pass through me to get to them. I have to trust it.

So this little tattoo I got done at the same time as my recent Tori Amos one, by the astounding Mo Twist.

It's now my reminder that love is within me, I just have to acknowledge and accept it for myself. 💚

~

You'll be given love
You'll be taken care of
You'll be given love
You have to trust it
Maybe not from the sources
You have poured yours
Maybe not from the directions
You are staring at
Twist your head around
It's all around you
All is full of love
All around you
You just ain't receiving (all is full of love)
Your phone is off the hook (all is full of love)
Your doors are all shut (all is full of love)
And be the little angel (all is full of love)
All is full of love (all is full of love)
All is full of love (All is full of love)
All (all is full of love)
All is full of love (all is full of love)

#Bjork #AllIsFullOfLove #Tattoo

It's my birthday today.
@tlwvision took this pic, he's such a good thing in my life.
Yesterday was a lovely picnic, hanging with lovely peeps.
More than anything, I love spending time with people. If I missed you yesterday, hit me up, we'll spend time.

Goulburn really turned it on tonight.

Hope everyone's night is pleasant and the Coca-Cola salesman who watches your every move and keeps records for the highest bidder leaves you something of note after he raids your fridge for dairy and baked goods. I hope you didn't need those for the family gathering tomorrow...

Thanks @tlwvision for choosing the spots!

The best books to put under a young reader’s Christmas tree

From first chapter books to graphic novels, fantasy and contemporary realism, there’s plenty to captivate.

The Age

The year is winding down. I'm still reeling from all that's happened in the last 12 months. It's been all manner of light burning up cloud, highlighting shadows, and fading for rest. Only to return again.

I'll try to capture it with my pen. The light, the cloud, the embers in the dark.

#clouds #sunset #endofyearthoughts

Just registered for the Online Feedback Clinic: Creative Non-Fiction that's happening next year through Writers Victoria run by Sam van Zweden !

Excited by the prospect of getting stuck into #MichaelsWalk good and proper!

https://writersvictoria.org.au/calendars/events/event/?id=1097

@litstudies #AmWriting #NonFiction #CreativeNonFiction

Event

Writers Victoria

See? This is how much I believe this.

Lyric, phrasing, and handwriting (☺️) courtesy of #ToriAmos

Oh hey, new girl!

Apparently #introduction posts are a thing here.

👋 I'm Michael. A #NonBinary #BookNerd and #Writer that has spent their life specalising in #KidsLit and #YABooks. #ToriAmos fan, and general soft-queer, I'm likely wearing bright colours, and if I'm not, I'll be wishing I was. #Tea is the source of all my power.

Based in #Naarm, I wish #kindness was globally recognised as the sexiest attribute, closely followed by #truth.

#MichaelsWalk